Arthropods
🐝Xylocopa violacea
Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Xylocopa violacea, the violet carpenter bee, is the common European species of carpenter bee, and one of the largest bees in Europe. It is also native to Asia.
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Carpenter bee
Conservation status
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderHymenoptera
- ›familyApidae
- ›genusXylocopa
- ›speciesXylocopa violacea
Full lineage
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
- tribeXylocopini
- genusXylocopa
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
- superfamilyApoidea
- tribeXylocopini
- genusXylocopa
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In other languages
Xylocopa violacea (it), abella fustera (ca), Große Holzbiene (de), Xylocopa violacea (es), Xylocopa violacea (fr), Blauwzwarte houtbij (nl) … and 18 more languages
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